2024 Tennis Australia Junior Tour Masters finals day

The future of Australian tennis is in a solid position if the winners of the Tennis Australia Junior Tour Masters is any indication. Relive all the finals action in full REPLAYS.

A clinical performance by top seed Emilie Chen has ended Ami Dalla Pozza’s giant-killing run in the under-14 girls singles final at the Tennis Australia Junior Tour Masters.

Chen’s powerful serve proved insurmountable for her rival as the gifted youngster sped through her service games and denied Dalla Pozza any chance of settling into a rhythmn.

Dalla Pozza’s perseverance and doggedness was on full display, but Chen always appeared in control during most of the long rallies as she moved her opponent all around the court.

With Dalla Pozza coming off a near three-hour war of attrition just to reach the final, she simply could not afford to cover so much territory as Chen continued to work over her rival.

With her confidence growing, Chen capitalised on her deft touch and accuracy down the lines to comfortably take the first set 6-3.

REPLAYS

COURT 2

Samarth Patel/Har Abir Sekhon v Kynan Enwright/Lucas Han (Under-14 Boys Doubles Final)

Aleksandr Kharkov/Sebastian Lavorato v Christopher Manton/Novak Palombo (Under-12 Boys Doubles Final)

Novak Palombo v Aleksandr Kharkov (Under-12 Boys Singles Final)

Ethan Domingo v Lucas Han (Under-14 Boys Singles Final)

COURT 4

Emilie Chen/Pauline Ma v Valentyna Rosa/Tori Russell (Under-14 Girls Doubles Final)

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Sofia Haddock/Emily Liang v Audrey Chen/Jesline Lie (Under-12 Girls Doubles Final)

Ami Dalla Pozza v Emilie Chen (Under-14 Girls Singles Final)

Ayumi Ito v Emma Esenova (Under-12 Girls Singles Final)

But it was the second set where the top seed broke free and put the contest out of reach of her fellow New South Wales opponent.

Chen broke Dalla Pozza in the first service game of the second before excellerating to a 4-0 lead.

Dalla Pozza did hold her service game to love in the fifth game but the task of getting back into the contest proved to be a bridge too far.

Dalla Pozza displayed great resilience to stay in some long rallies but Chen’s power game was compelling as she cruised to the finish line with 6-1 second set scoreline.

The upward trajectory for rising stars Novak Palombo and rival Aleksandr Kharkov seems assured after both young guns put on a thoroughly entertaining display in their under-12 singles final.

With both players showcasing their extensive skill sets, it was Victoria’s Palomba who took the spoils 6-4, 6-3 in the clash of the top two seeds.

The youngsters will take plenty out of the match as they mixed agility and smarts to pull off some engaging rallies, with both not afraid to play the angles.

Under-14 boys top seed Ethan Domingo has swept aside Queensland’s Lucas Han in an entralling display of power hitting and appears to have a promising future.

The New South Wales baseliner was hard on anything short and Han paid a heavy price as Domingo regularly found the lines with pin-point accuracy.

With his high-octane game at full pitch, Domingo raced through both sets with minimal fuss, with his strength constantly leaving Han on the back foot.

Like his emphatic semi-final win on Saturday, Domingo grew in confidence as the contest wore on as he recorded a decisive 6-2, 6-3 victory.

Ayumi Ito has easily dispatched Emma Esenova in straight sets in their under-12 girls singles final.

After clinching the first set in a tie-breaker, the number three seed has delivered a commanding performance to rush through the second set and claim the match 7-6, 6-1.

With both players from New South Wales, the contest further underlined the overall strength of the sky blues, with all finals featuring at least one player from the home state.

When Aleksandr Kharkov and Sebastian Lavorato streamrolled Christopher Manton and Novak Palombo 6-2 in the opening set of their under-12 boys doubles final there must have been an element of satisfaction.

Only a few hours earlier Kharkov had been on the receiving end of a straight-sets singles defeat to Palombo and this was shaping up in some small way as a means of redemption.

But suddenly down 0-2 early in the second set things took on a decidedly different look.

Kharkov and his partner Lavorato would later break back to level things up, only to be broken in the 12th game to concede the set 7-5.

Even crueller would be the ‘tie-break’ third set where Palombo and Manton raced to a convincing 5-0.

At 9-3 and match point, Kharkov and Lavorato did, however, stage a remarkable fightback, almost getting back on level terms at 9-8 before Palombo and Manton delivered the last rites.

The deflating double defeat is certain to eat away at Kharkov until he and Palombo meet again.

Sofia Haddock and Emily Liang have combined to edge out Audrey Chen and Jesline Lie in their under-12 girls doubles final.

Quick out of the blocks, Haddock and Liang raced to an impressive 6-3 set win, but conceded the second 6-2 as momentum swung heavily in the other direction.

Rediscovering their mojo, the pair put it together in the tie-break format to take the third set 10-5.

It was a reflection of how evenly matched the talent was on show that all four doubles finals were decided by the tie-breaker third set.

Lucas Han extracted a little bit of revenge for his singles final defeat earlier in the day when he and Kynan Enwright narrowly defeated Samarth Patel and Har Abir Sekhon in the under-14 boys doubles final.

After losing the first set in a tiebreaker, the pair gradually gained ascendancy to clinch the contest 6-7, 6-3, 10-5.

Emilie Chen saved the best for last when she became the only player to secure a singles and doubles crown in the one day.

Matched with Pauline Ma, Chen lifted late to overcome against Valentyna Rosa and Tori Russell in the under-14 girls doubles final.

Little separated both pairs, but it was Chen and Ma who got the desired result in a thriller, winning 6-4, 6-7, 13-11.

PREVIEW

Rising tennis stars Novak Palombo and rival Aleksandr Kharkov will be sick of each other by the end of the finals day at the Tennis Australia Junior Tour Masters.

The pair of Under-12 competitors will go head-to-head twice on Sunday’s finals day, first up in the Under-12 singles final in a clash of the top two seeds of the tournament, before again meeting later on Court 2 in the Under-12 doubles final.

Kharkov will partner with NSW teammate Sebastian Lavorato — entering the doubles finals as top seeds — while Palombo partners Christopher Manton.

It is one of the many intriguing storylines set to play out on a big finals day at the year-end tournament.

KommunityTV will live stream all the action from Court 2 and Court 4 on Sunday, which will include all singles and doubles finals across each division.

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THE ROAD TO GLORY

Unseeded young gun Ami Dalla Pozza has sent a shockwave through the Tennis Australia Junior Tour Masters, knocking off fifth-seed Angel Warang to book her spot in the Under-14 girls final.

The NSW young gun was forced to dig deep over a near three-hour war of attrition between the two rising stars of the court.

Dalla Pozza looked on the backfoot and down for the count after giving up a 6-1 walkover in the second set following a gruelling first set tie-break win.

But the impressive baseliner fought her way back into the contest, and when she broke Warang’s serve mid-way through the third with a crunching forehand return the writing was on the wall.

Dall Pozza claimed the semi-final 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 to move into a grand final showdown with NSW top-seed Emilie Chen on Sunday.

The home state will be well represented in Sunday’s finals at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre with Emma Esenova also battling her way into the finals with a triumphant semi-final win in the Under-12 girls.

Esenova had to put up a big second set fight to knock off fellow NSW rival Aleksa Vujcic 6-4, 7-5 in a straight-sets win.

Under-14 boys top seed Ethan Domingo also booked his spot in Sunday’s finals with an empathic straight sets win in Saturday’s semi-finals.

After winning a gruelling opening set tiebreaker, Domingo did not put a foot wrong in the second set on his way to a 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 win over Samarth Patel.

The sky blues will be out in force on a super Saturday of semi-finals action at the Tennis Australia Junior Tour Masters.

KommunityTV will live stream every match from our show court (Court 2) at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre.

REPLAYS

Replay: E Chen/P Ma v A Jin/E Virr (Under-14 Girls Doubles SF)

Replay: Raphael Savelli/Jenson Yokota-Ho v Kynan Enwright/Lucas Han (Under-14 Boys Doubles SF)

Replay: Emma Esenova v Aleksija Vujcic (Under-12 Girls Singles SF)

Ethan Domingo v Samarth Patel (Under-14 Boys Singles SF)

DAY FIVE WRAP

South Australian top-seed Lara Wu has exploded into the semi-finals of under-12 division at the Tennis Australia Junior Tour Masters finals.

The rising star of Australian tennis pulled out all the stops in a commanding quarter-finals win over Queensland hopeful Samantha Sun.

WATCH ALL OF THE DAY FIVE REPLAYS BELOW

The 6-2, 6-1 straight sets victory set the tone for what was a dominant day of singles action on the show court at Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre.

Queenslander Tori Russell, on the hunt for her second junior tour title of the year, made short work of her quarter-final showdown against fourth-seed rival Ceressa Jackson.

In what was a rematch of their Junior Hardcourt Nationals final, Russell made few mistakes as she cruised to a 6-4, 6-3 win over her state compatriot.

In the final singles quarter-final NSW number three seed Sebastian Lavorato took control from the baseline to dispatch Queensland hopeful Thoma Bogatyrev 6-4, 6-1 in a straight sets demolition.

The doubles action provided a few closer contests across the afternoon action on Friday, with all three clashes forced to a super tiebreaker set.

Zayah Baker and Eleni Makantasis moved into the Under-14 girls quarter-finals draw with a big win over Piyushi Bandara and Oparah Rajakaruna, while Sofia Haddock and Emily Liang managed to survive a second set fightback to hold on for a gritty tiebreaker win over Eadie Biggs and Kira Russell in the Under-12 doubles quarter-finals.

DAY FIVE REPLAYS

Eadie Biggs/Kira Russell v Sofia Haddock/Emily Liang (U12 Girls Doubles QF)

Piyushi Bandara/Oparah Rajakaruna v Zayah Baker/Eleni Makantasis (U14 Girls Doubles Rd of 16)

Veljko Maksimovic/Grant Reid v Andrew Chen/Jake Karathra (U14 Boys Doubles Rd of 16)

Lara Wu v Samantha Sun (U12 Girls Singles QF)

Sebastian Lavorato v Thoma Bogatyrev (U12 Boys Singles QF)

Ceressa Jackson v Tori Russell (U14 Girls Singles QF)

DAY FOUR WRAPS

Wet weather brought an early end to the day four action at the Tennis Australia Junior Tour Masters, but not before a couple of the tournament’s big guns made their presence felt.

NSW top seed Emilie Chen continued to storm her way through the year-end finals, comfortably dispatching of Queensland rival Ava Garner in a blistering display of power.

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While Garner put up a small amount of fight in the first set, it only inspired the tournament favourite to take her game up another notch in a second-set shutout.

Chen made short work of her rivals 6-2, 6-0 in a brutal 55-minute display.

It was a day for the sky blues on the showcourt on Thursday with fellow Under-14 boys top seed Ethan Domingo also keeping his national title hopes alive.

The reigning junior claycourt champion had to outlast a brilliant fightback from Victorian competitor Raphael Savelli in a gruelling three-set encounter.

Despite dropping the second set to a spirited Savelli, Domingo regained control early in the third set before powering home to a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 victory.

Amelia Hilton made sure to keep her title hopes alive in the Under-12 girls division with a straight sets win over Victoria’s Grace Janjua while unseeded challenger Zayn Cameron managed to beat the weather and rival Knox Treasure in a straight sets finish.

The wet weather in Sydney scuppered any chance of the final two doubles matches getting on the court, with thoise games expected to be moved to Friday’s schedule.

DAY FOUR REPLAYS

Knox Treasure v Zayn Cameron (U12 Boys Singles Round 3)

KommunityTV apologises for not streaming the end of this match after wet weather forced play off the showcourt.

Amelia Hilton v Grace Janjua (U12 Girls Singles Round 3)

Ethan Domingo v Raphael Savelli (U14 Boys Singles Round 3)

Emilie Chen v Ava Garner (U14 Girls Singles Round 3)

DAY FOUR PREVIEW

Top of the top underage male tennis stars in Australia will go head-to-head in a major tournament for the second time this year on Thursday.

NSW top-seed Ethan Domingo will lock horns with Victorian bottom-ager Raphael Savelli in a huge Round 3 match at the Tennis Australia Junior Tour Masters finals.

The clash, which is a rematch of their quarter-final showdown at this year’s Junior Claycourt Nationals, will headline a big fourth day of action on the KommunityTV show court at Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre.

Domingo will head into the contest with plenty of confidence after bettering Savelli earlier this year on his way to the Under-14 claycourt national title.

But the Victorian cannot be counted out after improving with each appearance on the Junior Tour to enter the finals as seventh-seed in his first year in the Under-14 age group.

Girls under-14 top seed Emilie Chen will open up the day four action on the show court, as she takes on Queenslander Ava Garner in the third round.

Also in action on Thursday are Western Australia seeded duo Amelia Hilton and Knox Treasure in the Under-12 girls and boys divisions, respectively.

The day four live stream coverage will include four Round 3 singles showdowns as well as two doubles clashes from the Under-14 Round of 16.

DAY 3 WRAPS

New South Wales baseliner Suri Suchovsky probably endured a restless night after her shock defeat on Tuesday at the Tennis Australia Junior Tour Masters in Sydney but her next sleep should be pure bliss.

The sixth seed lost five consecutive games against Victorian young gun Musemma Cilek to crash to a straight-sets defeat in her under-14 girls’ singles round 1 contest.

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But there never any chance of that being repeated on Wednesday afternoon as she swept aside Sophia Gregg 6-1 6-2 in a thoroughly dominant Group D round 2 performance.

Whether an aberration or not, Suchovsky dropped her first service game to love to begin the match.

Suri Suchovsky v Sophia Gregg (U14 Girls Singles)

But it was her only glitch as she then clinched the next six games to easily take the first set.

Wonderful accuracy from the back of the court and superb service returns were the order of the day as Suchovsky pounced on anything that fell short.

Gregg was far more resilient in the second set and clearly lifted her workrate to match her opponent.

But the sixth game – the longest of the set – proved pivotal as Gregg fought desperately but ultimately unsuccessfully to hold serve.

That obviously worked against her mindset and physical stamina as Suchovsky took full advantage to then see out the contest.

MANTON ON MARCH

Hard-hitting Christopher Manton has quickly dispatched fellow Victorian Noah Kaneda-Hession in straight sets in their under-12 boys’singles match-up.

The defeat made it consecutive losses for Kaneda-Hession after he fell to Queensland’s Preston Shawcross in straight sets on Tuesday.

Manton carried all the momentum from the outset as he pushed though the first set with minimal fuss for a 6-2 Group 3 round 2 result.

Christopher Manton v Noah Kaneda-Hession (U12 Boys Singles)

Kaneda-Hession broke back in the fifth game of the second set to breathe life back into the contest and then comfortably held serve to bring it back to 2-4.

But his opponent was having none of it as he upped the ante with his powerful serve and some heavy hitting from the baseline.

Wayward hitting from Kaneda-Hession also didn’t help his situation, with him surrendering the final two points of the seventh game.

In a true reflection of his dominance, Manton then ruthlessly broke Kaneda-Hession’s serve to love to bring the contest to an abrupt ending.

MORE THAN A HAN-FUL

Queensland’s Lucas Han has blasted Western Australian Aidan Chan off the court in a powerful all-round display.

The heavy-hitting No. 2 seed always had Chan on the backfoot as he charged to a straight-sets win in their under-14 boys’ singles Group B round 3 encounter.

Lucas Han v Aidan Chan (U14 Boys Singles)

Han was in control for a straightforward 6-3 first set result, but it was the second set where he totally asserted himself.

Chan no answer to the power of Han as he succumbed 6-0 in the second set despite giving his all.

DOUBLES: UNDER-12 GIRLS AND BOYS

Unseeded pair Eadie Biggs and Kira Russell have knocked out top seeds Joyce Sun and Aleksija in the under-12 girls’ doubles round of 16.

Although little separated both pairs, it was Biggs and Russell that gained the ascendancy when it counted most to secure the surprise 6-4 6-4 victory.

Joyce Sun/Aleksija Vujcic v Eadie Biggs/Kira Russell (U12 Girls Doubles)

Later on, Noah Kaneda-Hession and Santino Sposato prevailed over Luke Modra and Manu Krishna Raj in an entertaining contest decided in a comprehensive tie-breaker shutout.

But the 10-nil ‘third set’ thumping was hardly a fair reflection of the seesawing contest.

Kaneda-Hession and Sposato flew through the first set 6-2 and looked destined for an early shower.

But the contest flipped completely in the second set as Modra and Raj took control and squared the ledger at one set apiece with a stunning 6-1 turnaround.

Luke Modra/Manu Krishna Raj v Noah Kaneda-Hession/Santino Sposato (U12 Boys Doubles)

Ayumi Ito v Eadie Biggs (U12 Girls Singles)

PREVIEW

Queensland hopeful Eadie Biggs will look to ride a wave of momentum into her top 10 showdown with third seed Ayumi Ito on Wednesday.

The pair will clash in the second round of the Under-12 girls singles division to open a big third day of action at the Tennis Australia Junior Tour Masters.

Biggs, the tournament sixth seed, will have little time to rest after a marathon two-hour three-set fightback against South Australia’s Sofia Haddock on Tuesday.

Conversely, Ito barely broke a sweat as she powered past rival Darcy Basist in straight sets.

The pair will headline a big day of action on the KommunityTV show court which features two matches from the Round of 16 doubles in the afternoon session.

Under-14 boys number two seed, Queensland’s Lucas Han, will also be in action on our exclusive live stream coverage as he continues his stellar start to the tournament against WA challenger Aidan Chan.

DAY TWO

Victorian young gun Musemma Cilek pulled off a brilliant late rally on Tuesday to send the first shockwave through the Tennis Australia Junior Tour Masters.

Cilek knocked off sixth-seed Suri Suchovsky in a stirring performance, fighting back to win five-straight games in the second set to secure a straight sets win in the opening round.

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The Victorian was emphatic in the opening set, dominating her rival on the forehand to set up an easy 6-1 set win before faltering early in the second dto find herself down 1-4.

But with her back against the wall, Cilek struck back. A series of counter punches off the forehand laying the foundation for one of the more impressive runs of the tournament so far.

Queenslander Isabella Welsh made no mistake in the final round of qualification to kick off the second day’s action on court two.

Welsh powered past NSW challenger Tia McIntosh 6-3, 6-4 in straight sets to ensure she progressed to the main draw of the year-end finals.

South Australia’s under-12 girls top seed Lara Wu made sure she will feature in the second round of the tournament after scraping past Victoria’s Talia Mirzayeva.

Wu appeared in cruise control after the first set, before Mirzayeva drew first blood in the second set to send it to a third and final set.

Wu prevailed 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in a gripping two-hour contest which headlined the day’s action.

DAY TWO REPLAYS

Suri Suchovsky v Musemma Cilek (U14 Girls Singles)

Preston Shawcross v Noah Kaneda-Hession (U12 Boys Singles)

Isabella Welsh v Tia McIntosh (U14 Girls Singles)

Lara Wu v Talia Mirzayeva (U12 Girls Singles)

DAY ONE

On Monday, KDV Tennis Academy young gun Emmeline Gale withstood two major rain delays to keep her Junior Tour Masters finals dream alive in Sydney.

The young Queenslander had to fight her way from behind, as well as keep her focus between breaks, to beat South Australia’s Oparah Rajakaruna in the opening round of the first stage.

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Gale made her mark in the tiebreakers, taking the opening set tie-breaker 7-0 before scoring a 10-5 tie-breaker win in the third set.

Gale wasn’t the only Queenslander to win big on a disrupted opening day at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, with girls under-12 top seed qualifier Samantha Sun making short work of rival Aryana Vartazarian.

Sun was dominant from the outset, using her impressive service game to stay on top of her rival in a straight sets victory.

NSW rising star William Wang was another strong winner on the opening day of the tournament, beating Denby Sharpe 6-2, 6-1 in straight sets.

DAY ONE REPLAYS

Noah Kaneda-Hession v Yuma Takechi (U12 Boys Singles)

Oparah Rajakaruna v Emmeline Gale (U14 Girls Singles)

Samantha Sun v Aryana Vartazarian (U12 Girls Singles)

William Wang v Denby Sharpe (U12 Boys Singles)

PREVIEW

Gold Coast tennis prodigy Taiki Takizawa headlines an exciting field of talent at the Australian Junior Tour Masters finals in November.

The year-end finals will be exclusively live streamed on KommunityTV from November 4-10, with all the action from the showcourt at Sydney Olympic Park broadcast every day of the tournament.

The live stream coverage will expand to two courts on the final day of the event to ensure every decider across the singles and doubles events are covered.

Takizawa will be one of the rising stars of Australian tennis to watch during the week in Sydney.

Gold Coast tennis prodigy Taiki Takizawa will be a top seed at the Tennis Australia year end finals.

The Southport School student, who is coming off a breakthrough year on the junior circuit in Europe, is the top seed among a hungry under-14 boys class, which also includes NSW young guns Ethan Domingo and Flynn Coventry-Searle as well as Queenslanders Lucas Hann and Jake Spurrell.

NSW left-hander Emilie Chen is top-seed in the girls Under-14 division but will face tough opposition from the likes of NSW rival Jennifer Ott and recent national Hardcourt Championship winner Tori Russell.

Australian rising tennis star Novak Palombo. Picture: Instagram

The girls ranks are dominated by NSW and Queensland, with Victorian challenger Pauline Ma (4th seed) the only player in the tournament’s top 10 from another state.

In the Under-12 ranks, Victorian duo Heidi Kuppler and Novak Palombo enter the week as the top seeds, with Palombo determined to build off a dominant run to his national hardcourt crown in early October.

The Australian Junior Tour finals is the fifth and final event of a big year of tennis coverage on KommunityTV, which has included the Australian Junior Grasscourt Nationals, Australian Junior Claycourt Nationals, Australian Junior Teams Championship and Australian Junior Hardcourt Nationals.

Originally published as 2024 Tennis Australia Junior Tour Masters finals day